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Love Lives On Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-1266| Senate 
| Updated: 4/25/2023
Jerry Moran

Jerry Moran

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (40)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Roger Marshall (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Jon Ossoff (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)J. D. Vance (Republican)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Tom Cotton (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)John W. Hickenlooper (Democratic)John Boozman (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Mike Rounds (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)John Fetterman (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)John Cornyn (Republican)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Marco Rubio (Republican)Raphael G. Warnock (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Love Lives On Act of 2023 This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans. First, the bill removes the expiration on a surviving spouses' entitlement to educational assistance through the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship). The bill also provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation to such spouse. Next, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries. Additionally, the bill provides commissary store and MWR retail facility (e.g., exchange store) access to surviving spouses regardless of the martial status of the spouse. Such spouses must be entitled to use such stores and facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as surviving spouses who did not remarry. The bill expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment. Finally, the bill modifies the definition of a surviving spouse for purposes of veterans benefits to include same sex marriages.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4841
Love Lives On Act of 2022
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Apr 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 16, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-3651
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4841
    Love Lives On Act of 2022


  • April 25, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 25, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • April 16, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-3651
    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 118-3651: Love Lives On Act of 2023
Family relationshipsMarriage and family statusRetail and wholesale tradesStudent aid and college costsVeterans' pensions and compensation

Love Lives On Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-1266| Senate 
| Updated: 4/25/2023
Love Lives On Act of 2023 This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans. First, the bill removes the expiration on a surviving spouses' entitlement to educational assistance through the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship). The bill also provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation to such spouse. Next, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries. Additionally, the bill provides commissary store and MWR retail facility (e.g., exchange store) access to surviving spouses regardless of the martial status of the spouse. Such spouses must be entitled to use such stores and facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as surviving spouses who did not remarry. The bill expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment. Finally, the bill modifies the definition of a surviving spouse for purposes of veterans benefits to include same sex marriages.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4841
Love Lives On Act of 2022
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Apr 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 16, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-3651
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4841
    Love Lives On Act of 2022


  • April 25, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 25, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • April 16, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-3651
    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jerry Moran

Jerry Moran

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (40)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Roger Marshall (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Jon Ossoff (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)J. D. Vance (Republican)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Tom Cotton (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)John W. Hickenlooper (Democratic)John Boozman (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Mike Rounds (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)John Fetterman (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)John Cornyn (Republican)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Marco Rubio (Republican)Raphael G. Warnock (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 118-3651: Love Lives On Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Family relationshipsMarriage and family statusRetail and wholesale tradesStudent aid and college costsVeterans' pensions and compensation